The Tampa Bay Rays came to a multi-year partnership agreement with Amerant Bank to make it the official bank of the team. The partnership includes the presence of the Amerant Bank brand in numerous locations inside the stadium and during gameday radio broadcasts. Also included in the agreement are numerous hospitality opportunities, use of the … Read more
TD Bank has added Anthony Carter, a former chief diversity officer for Johnson & Johnson, to its Community Advisory Board. “I’m honored, and excited, to serve as a member of TD Bank’s Community Advisory Board. I look forward to working with TD Bank’s visionary, and extraordinary, leaders as well as a team of prominent national … Read more
By Taylor Ranker, II, chief executive officer of Questmont Virtual Family Office As a successful business owner you do, in fact, have a target on your back. As your wealth and visibility grow so does that target. If you are in this category with dozens, or even hundreds, of employees you are one of the … Read more
Seacoast Bank, a subsidiary of Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida, has appointed Nate Wood as market president for Tampa. Wood most recently served as senior vice president at Truist Financial Corporation, overseeing its Middle Market Banking Team for the Pennsylvania and New Jersey region. He also held leadership positions in Truist’s Alabama and Virginia regions.
While numerous economic indicators continue to plunge, lenders have been tightening underwriting guidelines to reduce their risk exposure. This shouldn’t surprise anyone considering the fact that we all can see the impact of inflation first hand, and most of us have either been laid off or know someone who has. Rising costs and layoffs have … Read more
TD Bank had recently announced that Scott Daigle has been named its North Florida Commercial Market President. TD Bank’s North Florida region includes the greater Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Ocala, Daytona, Lakeland and Melbourne areas. Daigle joined TD Bank in 2015 as the Regional Vice President of the Tampa Bay Region where he focused … Read more
Amerant Bank has hired industry veteran Mike Nursey to lead operations in Central Florida. As Central Florida Market President, Nursey will oversee Amerant’s ongoing expansion in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties and throughout the Central Florida market. “Mike’s extensive knowledge of market dynamics in Tampa, as well as Orlando and Jacksonville, combined with his proven expertise … Read more
Merchants who accepted Visa or Mastercard at any time between January 1, 2004, to January 25, 2019, may be eligible for a share of a $5.6 billion class action settlement known as the Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement. The deadline to file a claim is May 31. The settlement resolves an antitrust case brought by … Read more
TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, awarded a total of $7 million to 37 nonprofits, across the bank’s Maine to Florida footprint, and in Michigan, through the 18th annual Housing for Everyone grant program. In Florida, TD granted $1,100,000, with $350,000 of that going to Tampa Bay area charities including Community … Read more
I vividly remember being a teenager, and some of the things I believed back then, frankly, many more years ago than I like to admit. One of the things that stands out still today is that I thought I knew so much more than I really did. Part of this was just the normal process … Read more